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Central Wales Extension Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Craven Arms bound at Penybont viewed from the disused platform.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/13000/13943.jpg "Penybont")
![Platform scene at Llandrindod Wells on the Central Wales Line in the summer of 1971 - before the crossing loop was returned to the platform road opposite.<br>
<br><br>[David Spaven //1971]](/images/32000/32628.jpg "Llandrindod Wells")
![A Central Wales Line DMU calls at the lonely outpost of Cynghordy in the summer of 1971.<br>
<br><br>[David Spaven //1971]](/images/32000/32936.jpg "Cynghordy")
![A long forgotten aspect of the railway 'parcels' business - baskets of live homing pigeons on the platform at Lllanwrtyd Wells station on the Central Wales Line in summer 1971. Pigeon fanciers would send the baskets by train, with a 50p coin attached as a tip to rail platform staff for setting the pigeons free!<br><br>[David Spaven //1971]](/images/41000/41285.jpg "Lllanwrtyd Wells")
![Scene at Llandrindod Wells on the <I>Heart of Wales</I> line in 1977. There are currently (mid 2008) 4 passenger trains per day in each direction on the line providing links to Swansea and Shrewsbury.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1977]](/images/20000/20273.jpg "Llandrindod Wells")
![Platform scene at Llanwrtyd Wells on the Central Wales Line in September 1987.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /09/1987]](/images/45000/45215.jpg "Llanwrtyd Wells")
![View through the cab window of a DMU on the Central Wales line near Cilmeri in 1991.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1991]](/images/18000/18583.jpg "Cilmeri")
![A train arrives at Penybont in 2002, heading for Craven Arms.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //2002]](/images/48000/48246.jpg "Penybont")
![Platform view at Llandrindod Wells in 2002 looking north east towards Knighton.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //2002]](/images/48000/48255.jpg "Llandrindod Wells")
![View from the disused platform at Llangunllo in 2002 looking north east past the station towards Craven Arms. <br><br>[Ewan Crawford //2002]](/images/48000/48307.jpg "Llangunllo")
![Llangammarch, before being renamed (yet again) as Llangammarch Wells.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //2002]](/images/54000/54625.jpg "Llangammarch")
![The bustling metropolis that is Sugar Loaf on the Central Wales line. The tunnel and Sugar Loaf itself are off to the right (east).<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //2002]](/images/54000/54631.jpg "Sugar Loaf")
![South-west bound single car Sprinter entering Cilmeri.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 06/07/2006]](/images/9000/9894.jpg "Cilmeri")
![Victorian post box in a funny hat. Llandrindod Wells, May 2007.<br><br>[John McIntyre /05/2007]](/images/15000/15423.jpg "Llandrindod Wells")
![Looking NE along the platform at Cilmeri station in May 2007.<br><br>[John McIntyre /05/2007]](/images/15000/15439.jpg "Cilmeri")
![View north along the patform at Llangammarch Wells in May 2007.<br><br>[John McIntyre /05/2007]](/images/15000/15445.jpg "Llangammarch Wells")
![The former LNWR goods shed at Builth Road in May 2007.<br><br>[John McIntyre /05/2007]](/images/15000/15474.jpg "Builth Road")
![Shrewsbury bound train at Builth Road on 2 June. <br><br>[John McIntyre 2/06/2007]](/images/15000/15356.jpg "Builth Road")
![Forecourt of the former LNWR station at Builth Road on 2 June. The station entrance is on the far right via a covered passageway. <br><br>[John McIntyre 2/06/2007]](/images/15000/15397.jpg "Builth Road")
![Crossing gates at the north end of Cilmeri station. 2 June 2007.<br><br>[John McIntyre 2/06/2007]](/images/15000/15407.jpg "Cilmeri")
![Refurbished station building at Llandrindod Wells in June 2007.<br><br>[John McIntyre 2/06/2007]](/images/15000/15414.jpg "Llandrindod Wells")
![The box was relocated from a crossing north of the station and has now been restored as a museum piece. June 2007.<br><br>[John McIntyre 2/06/2007]](/images/15000/15415.jpg "Llandrindod Wells")
![View SW at Cilmeri station. June 2007.<br><br>[John McIntyre 2/06/2007]](/images/15000/15438.jpg "Cilmeri")
![View northeast at Garth station on 2 June.<br><br>[John McIntyre 2/06/2007]](/images/15000/15481.jpg "Garth (Powys)")
![A rare passenger indeed (Bill Jamieson) watches a Swansea-Shrewsbury train formed by a Class 150 unit disappear away from the tiny and remote Sugar Loaf halt on the Central Wales Line in the summer of 2008.<br><br>[David Spaven //2008]](/images/27000/27696.jpg "Sugar Loaf Halt")
![Single unit No. 153 367 waits for time at Llanwrtyd Wells while forming the early morning working from Shrewsbury to Swansea in June 2008. The current departure time from Shrewsbury for this train is 05.19 and it would have been little different in the summer of 2008 when this photograph was taken.<br>
<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 20/06/2008]](/images/43000/43464.jpg "Llanwrtyd Wells")
![While Llanwrtyd Wells is an unstaffed halt nowadays, the former station building on the northbound platform, seen here in June 2008, has been restored so that the overall impression when alighting there is quite good - weeds excepted!<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 20/06/2008]](/images/43000/43741.jpg "Llanwrtyd Wells")
![View over Sugar Loaf Halt on the Heart of Wales Line in June 2008, seen from the farm accommodation bridge just to the Llandovery side of the station looking north towards Builth Road. The elevated position gives a good impression of the modest facilities. [See image 38708] <br><br>[Bill Jamieson 21/06/2008]](/images/43000/43677.jpg "Sugar Loaf Halt")
![The first Central Wales line station north of the passing loop at Llandrindod Wells is Penybont, which also had a loop at one time. Now served by four trains each way daily the basic facilities suffice and the station is a request stop halt. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 17/09/2009]](/images/25000/25547.jpg "Penybont")
![Builth Road High Level must once have been a bustling interchange station but all is peaceful now with only four Central Wales Line trains each way a day and 'request halt' status. The former station buildings are now private residences and this view looks south to the bridge over the Brecon line, where the lift to the Low Level station [See image 25482] was situated until that line closed in 1962. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 17/09/2009]](/images/26000/26181.jpg "Builth Road High Level")
![Two Central Wales line services cross at Llanwrtyd and also exchange their crews. 153320 is heading from Shrewsbury to Swansea while 153367 on the left is making the northbound trip. The station actually serves Llanwrtyd Wells, the <I>Smallest town in Wales</I>, and the platform signs also displayed this, but the official name is the plain one. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 24/03/2012]](/images/38000/38131.jpg "Llanwrtyd")
![Looking back up the gradient towards Sugar Loaf from Llanwrtyd station where two single car units are crossing. They will also exchange train crews here before departures for Shrewsbury and Swansea. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 24/03/2012]](/images/38000/38628.jpg "Llanwrtyd")
![Looking north east at Garth station, on the Heart of Wales line south of Llandindrod Wells, in April 2012. The former down platform is still mainly extant, with cable troughing now running along the solum of the down line.<br><br>[David Pesterfield /04/2012]](/images/49000/49951.jpg "Garth (Powys)")
![Platform view south at Sugar Loaf Halt in April 2012. The station is in a deep cutting with 24 steps to reach road level. Despite its remote location it has been provided with one of the C.I.S. displays which are currently being rolled out at stations along the Heart of Wales line. [See image 43677]<br>
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<br><br>[David Pesterfield 11/04/2012]](/images/38000/38708.jpg "Sugar Loaf Halt")
![153312 picks up at Llangammarch Wells on the 15.08 Heart of Wales Line service to Shrewsbury on 12 April. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 12/04/2012]](/images/38000/38428.jpg "Llangammarch Wells")
![Sprinter 150237 runs slowly through Penybont 'request stop' Station on the Heart of Wales line with the 10.31 service to Swansea. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 12/04/2012]](/images/38000/38450.jpg "Penybont")
![153320 departs Llandrindod Wells on 12 April with the 11.40 Heart of Wales Line service to Shrewsbury. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 12/04/2012]](/images/38000/38467.jpg "Llandrindod Wells")
![Cilmeri Station on the Heart of Wales line seen from a rarely used occupation crossing to the road on the left. The village is some half mile to the right <br><br>[David Pesterfield 12/04/2012]](/images/38000/38730.jpg "Cilmeri")
![Crew change at Llandrindod Wells Station on 24 May 2012, with 150231 forming the 13.14 Swansea - Shrewsbury and 150256 the 14.04 reverse working. The driver of the latter is just setting off to walk towards the south end of the platform, to beyond the old signal box [see image 15415], in order to give up his token before he can cross over to take forward the Shrewsbury bound service.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 24/05/2012]](/images/39000/39416.jpg "Llandrindod Wells")
